Having been a Social Worker for 10 years and as someone who closely follows these specific topics through the media, fellow co-workers  and having spent countless hours with the individuals who will be directly effected by these decisions, I can say that to ignore the results of recent events and then make even more changes that would further restrict access to the needs of those who need the services the most  is madness itself. Something else comes to mind in comparison. That of gun control. The decisions we make today effect so many lives. As with both things, there are regulations  and laws already in place. Let us simply enforce them and give it time to work.  Are Virginia's prisons and hospitals not already full enough? Let us professionals do or work. How many more school shootings, stabbings, suicides and other  tragic events have to happen before someone realizes these issues can no longer be ignored?